Club 3000 - Ohio Landfills

PIKE TWP. U.S. Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, wants assurances from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that a change in regional administrators will not slow efforts to correct problems at Countywide landfill.

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BOLIVAR The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today brought in an air-monitoring vehicle to investigate whether toxic compounds are being emitted at unsafe levels from the Countywide landfill.

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Equipment can detect, track airborne contaminants
BOLIVAR: Using a bus equipped with a high-tech mobile laboratory, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted air-quality tests Wednesday on and near the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in southern Stark County.

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Reaction was swift Wednesday to a request for federal expertise in an effort for […]

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02/02/08 - The US EPA is urging Countywide to cooperate with the federal investigation and to quickly implement measures designed to correct the situation at the landfill. It also calls for increased groundwater monitoring and expanded monitoring and testing of the air around the landfill. See article in the Akron Beacon Journal.

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While the state has overseen the effort to control a serious aluminum dross waste […]

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12/28/2007 - Four US EPA staffers made a site visit to Countywide and requested information on aluminum dross, leachate, slope stability, and other collected data regarding the history of the situation. Tuscarawas County Commissioner Kerry Metzger expressed hope that this was a response to the letter the Joint Solid Waste District sent to the US […]

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12/20/2007 - US Representative Zack Space spoke with EPA Region 5 Administrator Mary Gade and her staff in Chicago via teleconference. He was assured that the US EPA is aware of the situation at Countywide and is keeping an eye on things. See article in the Times-Reporter.

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11/3/07 - After an executive session at the meeting of the board of directors of the Joint Solid Waste Management District, Kerry Metzger presented 18 pages of public records concerning Countywide Landfill. The records, which included internal correspondence, emails, a timeline of events, and other information, were submitted by an anonymous source in the OEPA […]

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